Western classics. What are we talking about here? DonGÇÖt we mean Country & Western? No, we donGÇÖt. ThereGÇÖs a difference; several in fact. Gene Autry recorded both, but not on this collection. This is an album of all Western songs.

People have struggled with definitions of these terms for years, with limited success. In part, the difficulty is because there are links between the two genres (both often use the same instruments, for example) and because both have evolved over the years. At the risk of over-simplification, country music lyrics usually describe events that occur indoors (interpersonal relationships like family ties, lost love and such) while western lyrics, describe rural, outdoor scenes or events found West of the Mississippi (a cowboy and his horse on the trail or herding cattle, rodeos, Western wildlife, desert sunsets, rolling prairies, deep canyons, tumbleweeds, and cactus). There are exceptions to the GÇ£ruleGÇ?, of course, but this definition may provide a useful framework for enjoying what youGÇÖll find on this CD. GÇôO.J. Sikes

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• Tumbling Tumbleweeds
• Call Of The Canyon
• Red River Valley
• Purple Sage In The Twilight
• Take Me Back To My Boots And Saddle
• Twilight On The Trail
• There's A Rainbow On The Rio Colorado
• Oklahoma Hills
• Sioux City Sue
• South Of The Border (Down Mexico Way)
• The Last Roundup
• Rounded Up In Glory
• Ridin' Down The Canyon
• The Singing Hills
• Ole Faithful
• Blue Shadows On The Trail
• Ghost Riders In The Sky
• Mule Train
• Sing Me A Song Of The Saddle
• The Old Chisholm Trail
• There's A Goldmine In The Sky
• Home On The Range
• Back In The Saddle Again
• Rim Of The Canyon
• The Hills Of Wyoming